Business Analyst 8855-0112

Dheya; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a skilled Business Analyst to lead transformative initiatives and enhance business processes. This hybrid role involves working closely with stakeholders to gather and analyze requirements, develop business cases, and implement effective solutions. You will leverage your expertise in UI/UX design and data architecture to drive impactful changes. Join a collaborative environment where your contributions will shape the future of business operations and technology solutions. If you are passionate about business transformation and eager to make a difference, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Experience in requirement elicitation and documentation is essential.
• Familiarity with Agile and Waterfall methodologies is crucial.
• Strong skills in business analysis and stakeholder interaction required.

Responsibilities

• Provide a comprehensive range of I&T business analysis services.
• Interact with stakeholders to understand and document requirements.
• Prepare and advise on business analysis policies and best practices.

Skills

Business transformation

Solution design initiatives

Business architecture experience

Design UI/UX

Requirements Gathering

Data Analysis

Stakeholder Management

Process Mapping

Business Process Improvement

SQL Proficiency

Agile Methodologies

Waterfall Methodologies

Communication Skills

Documentation Skills

Tools

Azure DevOps

SQL

Azure

Job description

Skills Required:

Business transformation, solution design initiatives, business architecture experience, design UI/UX, business architecture for data warehouses, marts, lakes with Azure, AODA, WCAG, user stories in Azure DevOps, Agile, Waterfall Methodologies, Requirements Gathering, Data Analysis, Stakeholder Management, Process Mapping, Business Process Improvement, Communication Skills, Agile Methodologies, SQL Proficiency, Documentation Skills.

HM Note: This hybrid contract role is three (3) days in office. Candidates' resumes must include first and last name.

Description

Responsibilities

• Provides a comprehensive range of I&IT business analysis services for clients with diverse business and technological needs.
• Interacts with business stakeholders and subject matter experts to understand their requirements through gathering, documenting, and analyzing business needs and requirements.
• Prepares and advises on business analysis policies, processes, best practices, and standards to promote a comprehensive and consistent business analysis practice within the organization.

General Skills

• Leads and conducts business analysis to assess client’s business problems/opportunities and documents the business requirements to determine I&IT solutions.
• Applies re-engineering concepts to promote business improvements through alternative and cost-effective service delivery approaches.
• Develops strategies, prepares business cases and cost-benefit analysis, and conducts feasibility studies for business I&IT initiatives.
• Conducts business modeling; use case modeling; conceptual and logical data modeling; process and data flow modeling; business rules definition and non-functional requirements definitions for assigned projects.
• Monitors progress, resolves problems, and reports regularly to I&IT management and stakeholders.
• Develops performance measures and traceability matrices for business analysis evaluation and conducts follow-up.
• Experience in the use of information retrieval packages.
• Knowledge and understanding of Information Management principles, concepts, policies, and practices.
• Ability to translate business and data requirements into specifications sufficient for designing appropriate technology solutions.
• Experience with a wide range of methods, tools, and techniques for business analysis such as: business functional modelling, business event modelling, business process mapping.
• Experience in structured, object-oriented, and agile methodologies for user requirements.
• Knowledge and understanding of Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act (AODA) and related regulations and standards.

Experience and Skill Set Requirements

Business Analysis and Problem-Solving Skills - 35%

• Experienced in requirement elicitation, documentation, gap analysis, evaluation of alternative solutions, user interaction/experience design (UI/UX) and making recommendations. (MUST HAVE)
• Experience facilitating sessions with a diverse audience for requirements discovery and analysis using a variety of methodologies (e.g. Agile/Waterfall/Hybrid). (MUST HAVE)
• Work with stakeholders across the program to develop clearly defined epics and user stories.
• Experience in writing user stories in Azure DevOps. (MUST HAVE)
• Gather information on client problems, services, and business goals/objectives.
• Help program understand their needs and translate to design models and concepts.
• Evaluate requirements and review options for solution, assess cost/benefit of options, evaluate alternative conceptual systems designs, and potential impact of proposed system changes on existing service delivery.
• Recommend approaches and discuss with team and stakeholders.
• Translate from technical terminology to business terms.

Technical Knowledge and Expertise - 25%

• Led/managed business transformation/solution design initiatives, focusing on business architecture and user interaction/experience design (UI/UX). (MUST HAVE)
• Experience in conceptual design of enterprise data warehouses and extensive experience in data management supporting development teams.
• Understand data warehouse modeling concepts and design principles (Kimball and Inmon).
• Advanced technical knowledge of large hardware and software operations and utilities, productivity tools, online processing systems, web-based technologies, and database management systems.
• Knowledge of enterprise architectural concepts and processes, specifically in business architecture for data warehouses, marts, lakes (in Azure platform). (MUST HAVE)
• Knowledge of front end, web-based technologies and data-mining/reporting-based COTS tools (e.g. IBM Curam). (Nice to have)
• Provide consultation on source to target mapping to ensure business and technical alignment.
• Knowledge of Systems Development Life Cycle Methodologies, familiarity with ITIL Processes for Change/Release Management, relational database technologies, use of information retrieval packages using SQL and other query languages.
• Knowledge of emerging IT trends and technologies - cloud computing, enterprise data warehousing, etc.
• Knowledge of accessibility compliance requirements e.g AODA, WCAG 2.1 Level A and AA or the most recent WCAG requirements.

Organizational and Project Management Skills - 20%

• Plan, develop, manage, control projects and resolve complex technical design problems.
• Knowledge of project management and in-depth knowledge of task estimation, scheduling, and control.
• Development of documentation and materials as part of a review and knowledge transfer to other members.

Communication and Interpersonal Skills - 20%

• Gather information, clarify needs and desired system changes, explain system development recommendations, and provide instruction on new/modified systems and technology.
• Prepare business cases, systems documentation, user manuals, and guidelines.
• Clarify and discuss systems development options with clients.

Must Haves:

Highlighted in above job criteria.